PG-13; 1:46 running time On most gravestones there's a dash between the year of birth and the year of death. The question facing us all, as one of the interview subjects in Werner Herzog 's documentary Into the Abyss" puts it, could neither be simpler nor larger: "How're you gonna live your dash?" Werner Herzog's new documentary explores a Texas triple homicide and asks: What good is the death penalty, anyway? The film is a river of pain, weirdly funny in places, as are all of Herzog's filmic essays.-- Michael Phillips Read the full "Into the Abyss" movie review

PG-13; 1:46 running time On most gravestones there's a dash between the year of birth and the year of death. The question facing us all, as one of the interview subjects in Werner Herzog 's documentary Into the Abyss" puts it, could neither be simpler nor larger: "How're you gonna live your dash?" Werner Herzog's new documentary explores a Texas triple homicide and asks: What good is the death penalty, anyway? The film is a river of pain, weirdly funny in places, as are all of Herzog's filmic essays.-- Michael Phillips Read the full "Into the Abyss" movie review

PG-13; 1:46 running time On most gravestones there's a dash between the year of birth and the year of death. The question facing us all, as one of the interview subjects in Werner Herzog 's documentary Into the Abyss" puts it, could neither be simpler nor larger: "How're you gonna live your dash?" Werner Herzog's new documentary explores a Texas triple homicide and asks: What good is the death penalty, anyway? The film is a river of pain, weirdly funny in places, as are all of Herzog's filmic essays.-- Michael Phillips Read the full "Into the Abyss" movie review